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Attention, Taylor Swift: Blake Bortles still listens to your music to get psyched for work. In many ways, he's the same guy he used to be. But old friends who've spotted him around Oviedo the past couple of weeks have expressed some concern. It's apparent in their greeting. "Quit taking so many sacks," they say. Bortles knew the transition from UCF icon to NFL rookie would have its Welcome-to-the-Real-World jolts. Fifty-five of them came in the way of sacks. A different one came from his mother. Suzy and Rob Bortles drove up to watch an early-season game and stayed overnight with their son. They got up the next day, and Suzy told Blake, "I guess you have...

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Jacksonville Jaguars' wide receiver Allen Hurns hasn't even played his second NFL game and he's already been labeled a flash in the pan.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars open the season on the road in Philadelphia on Sunday with Chad Henne starting as quarterback.
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Former UCF star Blake Bortles is now officially an NFL quarterback.
Bortles signed his rookie contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars early Wednesday morning.
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JACKSONVILLE — Orlando took notice when the Jaguars selected UCF quarterback Blake Bortles, an Oviedo native, with the No. 3 overall pick in May's NFL Draft, but Bortles' selection was merely the next step in a rebuilding process that is entering Year Two...

Jacksonville quarterbacks Chad Henne and rookie Blake Bortles from UCF had good nights Thursday in a 20-19 last-minute loss at Chicago, offering encouragement that the Jaguars' offensive ineptitude of recent seasons finally could be laid to rest.
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